1943 Collection

HMAS Melbourne head-on. HMAS Melbourne was laid down in 1943 as HMS Majestic. Construction was frozen at the end of WW2 but resumed in 1949 after the ship was taken over by the RAN

Henrik Pontoppidan / Nobel
HENRIK PONTOPPIDAN Danish novelist

Advert for the De Havilland Mosquito fighter aircraft - 1943. Date: 1943

Royal Air Force de Havilland DH. 98 Mosquito FB Mk. XVIII
Royal Air Force de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito FB Mk.XVIII PZ467 Tse-Tse. Armed with a 57mm (6 pounder) Molins quick-firing gun, the first Mk.XVIII was flown on 25 August 1943

WW2 Home Guard Christmas Card
A WW2 Christmas card from the staff officers of F.5 sector, Warwickshire (Birmingham) Home Guard, to Colonel N. F. Rose, M.B.E

Supermarine Spitfire 9 / IX
A 306 (Polish) Squadron Royal Air Force RAF Supermarine Spitfire 9 Parked Date: 1943

T class Submarine
Inside a British submarine: complex details of the craft in which our underwater crews live and fight

Her Majestys Australian Ship (HMAS) Melbourne (21) shown with its complement of Douglas A-4G Skyhawks of 805 Squadron RAN ranged for entering port

The Spirit of Britain - Winston Churchill, England. Date: 1943

The crew of HMAS Melbourne line up on the flight deck alongside its complement of Skyhawk and Tracker aircraft. HMAS Melbourne was laid down in 1943 as HMS Majestic

Churchill and Roosevelt
Washington D.C. Prime Minister Winston Churchill and President Roosevelt relax in the south grounds of the White House prior to the daily meeting of the combined British and U.S

Home Front - The Royal Navy, The Difficult we can do at once The impossible may take longer Date: 1943

Supermarine Spitfire manufacture October 1943
Supermarine Spitfire manufacture, October 1943. Date: 1943

B-25 Mitchell Bomber taking off from Hornet; Second World
Photograph showing an American B-25 Mitchell medium bomber taking off from the aircraft carrier Hornet on 18th April 1942

Where Have You Been All My Life? by David Wright
Where have you been all my life? by David Wright featuring a vampish semi-naked brunette woman. Wright produced a series of over 160 illustrations or pin-ups for The Sketch during the 1940 s

Group photo, HMS Musketeer, Scapa Flow, WW2
Group photo on board HMS Musketeer, Scapa Flow, WW2. 1943

Promotional Recruitment card for the U. S. Navy
Promotional Recruitment card for the U. S. Naval Training Station, Great Lakes, Illinois

Nikola Tesla / Himmel Erde
NIKOLA TESLA American electrician and inventor, born in Croatia of Serbian parents; seen here in his laboratory at Colorado Springs in 1899/1900

Sergei Rachmaninov 1920
SERGEI RACHMANINOV Russian composer

WW2 - Flower-Class Corvette in heavy seas - Atlantic Convoy
WW2 - Weather hazards which the convoy escorts in the Atlantic Ocean have to face in Winter - a Flower-Class Corvette, of 930 tonnes, being thrown high out of the water by a heavy sea. Date: 1943

Operation Mincemeat - naval ID card of Major Martin
Fake naval identity card of Major William Martin

Royal Military Academy Sandhurst
One of eighteen photographs of the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, mostly passing out parades, 1943-1968. Includes visit by Marshal Alphonse Juin

de Havilland Mosquito FBVI G-AGGD of BOAC landing
de Havilland Mosquito FBVI, G-AGGD, of BOAC coming in to land in October 1943. Date: 1943

Queen Elizabeth II with horse at Sandringham
Queen Elizabeth II, when Princess Elizabeth, pictured with one of the horses during harvest time at Sandringham, Norfolk in 1943. Date: 1943

Sea Bathing Pool (Lido) at Southport, Lancashire, England. Date: 1943

RAF Bombers over Berlin; Second World War, 1943
Illustration showing Royal Air Force bombers heading towards their target of Berlin during the Spring of 1943

WW2 poster, Don t be fuel-ish
WW2 poster, The worker who left the lights on -- Don t be fuel-ish. Wasted electricity means less fuel to make the weapons we need for victory

NFS firefighters at assault course training camp, WW2
With a dramatic reduction in enemy attacks on London after the Blitz (1940-41) firemen and firewomen had to be kept gainfully employed and a high level of fitness and preparedness maintained

NFS 60ft hand-operated turntable ladder, WW2
An Austin K4-Merryweather 60 foot hand-operated turntable ladder (TL). A total of 50 such appliances were built and mounted on Austin K4 chassis for the Home Office between 1942 and 1943

Mother Russia Statue - Battle of Stalingrad
Russia, Volgograd (Zaryzin, Stalingrad) - The Battle of Stalingrad Memorial (fought during World War Two between August - January 1942/43)

Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church, Berlin, Germany
The Protestant Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church (Kaiser-Wilhelm-Gedachtniskirche) on the Kurfurstendamm in Berlin, Germany. It was badly damaged in a bombing raid in 1943

HMS Onslow at the Battle of the Barents Sea, Second World
Illustration showing the Royal Navy destroyer HMS Onslow attacking superior German forces during the Battle of the Barents Sea, December 1942

RAF Bristol Beaufighter; Second World War, 1943
Photograph of a British Bristol Beaufighter fighter-bomber aircraft of Coastal Command, with torpedo slung beneath the fuselage, 1943

House to house fighting in Stalingrad, USSR
House to house fighting during the bitter battle amongst the ruins of the battered city of Stalingrad (Volgograd), USSR

My Favourite Model (Mrs David Wright) by David Wright. Wright produced a series of over 160 illustrations or pin-ups for The Sketch during the 1940 s

Revving Up by David Wright. Wright produced a series of over 160 illustrations or pin-ups for The Sketch during the 1940 s

Streamlined Piece by David Wright, featuring a woman wearing a pale blue evening dress leaning against a chair

Pin-Up Girl by David Wright
Pin-up Girl by David Wright, showing a woman in bra, petticoat and evening gloves looking at her reflection in a hand mirror

Anne Shirley / Hairdresser
Anne Shirley gets a new hair- do for the film Bombardier. Her blonde hair is curled and held in place with hair grips

Alexandre Yersin
ALEXANDRE EMILE JOHN YERSIN Swiss medical, associated with Roux, discovered plague virus, directed Pasteur Institute in Vietnam

The Mystery Of Squadron X
An illustrated front cover for The Mystery Of Squadron X, written by Walter Tyrer, no. 53 in the pulp fiction series, The Sexton Blake Library

RAF Bomb-Aimer at his position; Second World War, 1943
Photograph showing a Royal Air Force bomb-aimer at his position with the bomb release cable ready in his right hand, November 1943

WWII - Pin-up showing a lot of leg, accompanied by the caption: " This Front is quite active!" Date: 1943

Winston Churchill and his daughter unite for the war effort
Mr. Churchill at a London gun site during a raid:drawing made on the spot

Napier Heston Racer G-AFOK with Sabre I Date: 1943

Advert for Castle Lager
Advertisement for Castle Lager featuring two Scottish soldiers in kilts - Sure we can take it....any " given" quantity

Sergei Vasilevich Rachmaninov (1873-1943)
Photograph portrait of Sergei Vasilevich Rachmaninov, the Russian composer and pianist, probably made in the 1930 s

To the Girls in Navy Blue by William Barribal
A wren climbing up a ladder in a harbour revealing stocking tops in the process

No News to Speak Of by David Wright featuring a glamorous, half-dressed woman lounging on a boudoir-style chair as she pens a letter

Germans in Russian Town
German infantry clear a Russian town street by street

Beatrice Webb
BEATRICE WEBB economist and social theorist

Advert for Deals Hotel, South Africa
Advertisement for Deal s, East London, South Africa - the hotel of distinction with bathroom, lavatory, telephone and electric heater in each room

RMS Chitral, cruise ship of the P&O Line as troop ship, WW2
RMS Chitral, cruise ship of the P&O Line as troop ship during WW2. Date: 1943

Winston Churchill and daughter, Mary Soames 1943
Winston Churchill and his daughter, Mary Soames in 1943. Churchill was on his way to receive the Freedom of the City of London. Mary is in ATS uniform. Date: 1943

A Corporal of the 1st / 9th Battalion Highland Light Infantry
A Corporal of the 1st/9th (Glasgow Highlanders) Battalion Highland Light Infantry in full marching kit. Hommage du Capitaine Andre. Tres sympathique souvenir. (Very warm memories of Captain Andre)

German Tiger tank by G. H. Davis
The fangs of the Tiger revealed: another German super-weapon whose invincibility has been disproved. Details of the German Mark VI tank, a 56-ton monster whose 88mm gun fires a three foot long shell

Operation Mincemeat - site of grave of Major Martin
Site of the grave of Major William Martin in the Nuestra Senora cemetery in Huelva, Spain, whose body was found washed up on shore in Spain on 30th April 1943

Operation Mincemeat - gravestone of Major Martin
Gravestone of Major William Martin in the Nuestra Senora cemetery in Huelva, Spain, whose body was found washed up on shore in Spain on 30th April 1943

NFS-London Region 50ft wheeled escape ladder, WW2
An Ajax style wheeled escape ladder, wound out in its carriage, from Fire Force Area 34 Acton fire station (E1Z) located at 24 Gunnersbury Lane, Acton, West London

de Havilland DH-98 Mosquito
Crew Boarding a Royal Air Force RAF de Havilland Dh-98 Mosquito to Carry out an Intruder Raid on Enermy Territory at Night Date: 1943

Klemm Kl 35 -over 1, 300 of these basic trainers were delivered to the Luftwaffe from late 1937 to 1943

General Bernard Montgomery visits his son David
Bernard Law Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein (then just General Montgomery)

City of London handcart with scrap bomb metal, WW2
WW2 - City of London Corporation handcart containing scrap metal, including bomb ordinance, Southwark Bridge, London

RAF Heaton Park booklet
Cover of a booklet for RAF Heaton Park, Manchester: A Guide for Newly-Arrived Cadets

WW2 production poster
World War Two poster issued by the British Admiralty, demonstrating full steam ahead on production, presumably of wartime equipment and munitions. A naval commander with ensign flying gives the order

Kitting Up by David Wright, showing a woman pinning up her hair. Wright produced a series of over 160 illustrations or pin-ups for The Sketch during the 1940 s

Kit Inspection by David Wright, showing a naked woman surrounded by clothes. Wright produced a series of over 160 illustrations or pin-ups for The Sketch during the 1940 s

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - For Evermore
The Caption is For evermore. Ground facilities for the fly boys was the responsibiiity of the RAF Regiment

Fleet Air Arm - Grumman Martlet II - AM958
A Grumman Martlet II of the Fleet Air Arm

HMS Obdurate, Scapa Flow, WW2. 1943

Winston Churchill arriving in America, 1943
In 1943 Winston Churchill went to America - and gave his famous V for Victory sign to sailors as he disembarked. Date: 1943

Sicily - Messina Cathedral
Black and white Victorian lantern slide of 12th Century Norman Cathedral of Messina. King Conrad is buried inside, alongside several archbishops

Map of Sicily by G. H. Davis
A contour map of Sicily, giving the shortest air distances from Cape Bon and Malta

The Mohne Dam Breached; Second World War, 1943
Aerial photograph showing the Mohne Dam and reservoir (top) after the Dambusters raid of 1943

Gremlin and Pilot
A Gremlin tries to fog the aircrafts windscreen with his breath, but the pilot foils him by chewing a carrot to improve his sight

Wartime advert for Dolcis shoes. Date: 1943

Advert for Daimler Cars, juxtaposing the modern Daimler of 1943 with its 1896 predecessor. Date: 1943

Soldier about to go ashore during the invasion of Italy, Jul
Lantern slide showing a soldier about to go ashore during the invasion of Italy, July 1943; a pamphlet, the ?Soldiers? Guide to Sicily?, can be seen in the soldier?s pack

Blitz in London -- salvaged mail, Calthorpe Street, WW2
Blitz in London -- following the bombing of Mount Pleasant Post Office on 18 June 1943, salvaged mail was temporarily piled up in nearby Calthorpe Street. Date: 1943

Les Honneurs sous le feu. Georges Scott, (1873-1943). Scott Started His Career In The 1890S And Worked As War Correspondent For The News Magazine L Illustration During The Balkan Wars Of 1912-13

The Cowslip Field by Muriel Dawson -- a little child bends down to pick flowers. Date: 1943

NFS-London Region 100ft turntable with pump, WW2
A Merryweather turntable ladder fitted with an integral fire pump that feeds the monitor at the head of the ladder and therefore does not require a separate pumping appliance to feed it

RAF Bombers breaching the Mohne Dam; Second World War, 1943
Drawing showing the destruction of the Mohne Dam in Westphalia, Germany, by the squadron of Royal Air Force Lancaster bombers who came to be known as The Dambusters, 16th May 1943

The Capture of the Vulcania; Second World War, 1943
Illustration showing a German motor torpedo boat capturing the Italian passenger-liner Vulcania in the Adriatic sea during 1943

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